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TIL Bill Gates Has Donated More Than $50 billion to Charity

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ADQDo TIL that Queen termites can live up to 50 years and can 'permit' secondary reproductives (females) to create satellite nests for the colony, but can also chemically block reproduction for the entire colony at any time if she chooses.
WkZo8 TIL Pac-Man was created to attract female players. ????
7DwL TIL scientists attached stilts to the legs of ants to prove that ants return to their nests by counting their steps. The ants with stilts overshot their nest by roughly 50% due to the new length of their steps.
XEgjj TIL Russia 3d printed a 400 square foot house under 24hours for just $10000
lop8A TIL there is a British version of Jersey Shore called Geordie Shore, it spans 20 seasons with two seasons per year, plus special edition seasons.